In late 1914, the fields of Northern France and Flanders were once again ripped open as World War One raged through Europe's heart. Once the conflict was over the poppy was one of the only plants ...

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row.' In 1915, Lt-Col John McCrae, a Canadian army surgeon working in the field in France in the First World War, wrote his famously ...

It all began with Walther Nernst, a German chemist. He was born in 1864 in Poland, which was part of Prussia at the time. Nernst was a smart boy, mechanically minded – the type who always ...

Tracey Largue After the war, the poppy became the symbol of Remembrance for those who gave their lives. It was inspired by the famous poem, In Flanders Fields, which was written during World War ...

John McCrae, a famous wartime poem, referenced poppies in his famous poem 'In Flanders Fields'. "We shall not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders Fields". The poppy is still worn by millions of ...

Inspired by grief, McCrae began the first draft of ‘In Flanders Fields’. Three years afterwards, the poem had such an impact, people started honoring soldiers by wearing poppies on their lapels.